# Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 71 kg

The women's 71 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 1 August 2022. The weightlifter from England won the gold, with a combined lift of 229 kg.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: When the previous records and weight classes were discarded following readjustment, the IWF defined "world standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as world records (WR), CommonWealth Authority defined "Commonwealth standards" and "Commonwealth games standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as Commonwealth record (CR) and Commonwealth games record (GR) in the new weight classes. Wherever World Standard/Commonwealth Standard/Commonwealth Games Standard appear in the list below, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted the benchmark weights in a sanctioned competition.
| World record | Snatch | World Standard | 117 kg | | |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | 152 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 6 November 2018 |
| World record | Total | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | 267 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 6 November 2018 |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | Sarah Davies (ENG) | 102 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 13 December 2021 |
| Commonwealth record | Clean & Jerk | Sarah Davies (ENG) | 132 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 13 December 2021 |
| Commonwealth record | Total | Sarah Davies (ENG) | 234 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 13 December 2021 |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 98 kg | | |
| Games record | Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 123 kg | | |
| Games record | Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 219 kg | | |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 103 kg | Sarah Davies (ENG) | CR, GR |
| Clean & Jerk | 126 kg | Sarah Davies (ENG) | GR |
| Total | 229 kg | Sarah Davies (ENG) | GR |

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday 1 August 2022 | 18:30 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Sarah Davies (ENG) | 70.58 | 97 | 101 | 103 | 103 CR, GR | 126 | 126 | 130 | 126 GR | 229 GR |
| | Alexis Ashworth (CAN) | 70.20 | 91 | 91 | 94 | 91 | 112 | 116 | 123 | 123 | 214 |
| | Harjinder Kaur (IND) | 69.14 | 90 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 113 | 116 | 119 | 119 | 212 |
| 4 | Kiana Rose Elliott (AUS) | 67.39 | 90 | 90 | 94 | 94 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 110 | 204 |
| 5 | Nancy Genzel Abouke (NRU) | 68.40 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 110 | 114 | 114 | 110 | 197 |
| 6 | Megan Signal (NZL) | 70.73 | 88 | 88 | 92 | 88 | 108 | 111 | 112 | 108 | 196 |
| 7 | Ketty Lent (MRI) | 70.29 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 87 | 107 | 111 | 111 | 107 | 194 |
| 8 | Roberta Tabone (MLT) | 69.97 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 101 | 105 | 108 | 105 | 191 |
| 9 | Faye Pittman (WAL) | 70.22 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 105 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 189 |
| 10 | Holly O'Shea (GIB) | 68.75 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 171 |
| — | Joy Ogbonne Eze (NGR) | 69.79 | 95 | 100 | 103 | 100 | 125 | 125 | 125 | — | DNF |
| — | Alice Aitchison (SCO) | 69.88 | 82 | 82 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |